President Barack Obama is ordering a “complete review” of the Food and Drug Administration after it failed to detect shipments of salmonella-contaminated peanut products that have sickened more than 500 people and may be linked to as many as eight deaths, he told TODAY co-host Matt Lauer.

“At bare minimum, we should be able to count on our government keeping our kids safe when they eat peanut butter,” Obama told Lauer in the interview, which was conducted Sunday at the White House.

…Obama said Sunday that he had a personal stake in the problem with peanut products, especially peanut butter, because “that’s what Sasha eats for lunch probably three times a week.” Sasha, 7, is the president’s younger daughter.

“I don’t want to have to worry about whether she’s going to get sick as a consequence to having her lunch,” Obama said.

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